UGA at Oxford Franklin Fall 2014

Dates

Program Dates: 11 September - 6 DecemberApplication Due: Extended! (original deadline - March 14, 2014)Acceptance Notification:Forms/Fees: Friday, 4 April 2014 ($150 per form late fee after this date). (all fees not covered by Financial Aid). This is also the withdrawal deadline. After this date, you may also become liable for a pro-rated portion of the program fees.

Background

Students will be housed at the University of Georgia 's Center in North Oxford . The large, elegantly-furbished rooms hold two to four students and most have private bathrooms. Georgia students will also have associate membership in Keble College , which allows them to dine in college with Oxford students, have access to the College libraries, common rooms and pubs, and to participate in the College's social, cultural, and sporting societies and events.

Costs

Approximately $7,900 plus twelve hours in-state UGA tuition and fees. The cost of the program covers room, most meals, study abroad insurance, Oxford fees, and associate membership at Keble College. Additional expenses include the cost of personal items and travel. A voluntary group-rate flight is available. Transient students are subject to an additional admission fee assessed by UGA Undergraduate Admissions.

Enrollment

The Franklin Fall Program is open to all majors! Students should provide a completed application form, two passport photos, and a refundable $600 application fee will be added to your UGA Student Account once the application has been received. Enrollment will be limited to 40 well-qualified students. Students are required to submit applications on or before Friday, March 14, 2014 ; applications will be accepted after this date only if all positions are not filled. Application forms and other information are available in the UGA at Oxford Office, 326A Park Hall or online.

Course Credit & Eligibility

Students will earn between twelve and fifteen semester hours in a wide variety of disciplines. During the first four weeks, classes will be taught by both UGA and Oxford faculty, using an intensive seminar format. During the remaining eight weeks, classes will be taught by Oxford faculty using the tutorial format, an intensive system of individualized or small-group instruction traditional at Oxford.

Brief Descriptions of Dr. Valerie Babb's English Seminar

ENGL (AFAM) 4880: Drawing upon Paul Guilroy's concept of cultural identity being a result of both "roots" and "routes," this course will explore how movement and migration between Africa, the United Kingdom, the United States, and the Caribbean complicate understandings of what it means to be black. In particular we will consider themes of symbolic locations, imagined communities, and the legacies of the Empire. We will read fiction and nonfiction, focusing primarily on the cultural histories of the abolitionist periods in Britain and the United States, the 1920s-40s, and the postmodern period. Discussed as well will be the influence of various cultural theories such as pan-Africanism, diaspora studies, and black postmodernism on literary representations of black experiences.

Dr. Valerie Babb

Valerie Babb received her MA and PhD at the University at Buffalo, The State University of New York, her BA at Queens College, The City University of New York. She has been a professor at Georgetown University and is a faculty member of the Bread Loaf School of English, Middlebury College.

Her fields of expertise are African American literature and culture and American literature and culture, with particular interests in constructions and performances of race and gender. Among her publications are Whiteness Visible: The Meaning of Whiteness in American Literature and Culture and Black Georgetown Remembered, described as "the history behind the Oprah Book Club selection, River, Cross My Heart"; and Ernest Gaines. She has also edited The Langston Hughes Review from 2000-2010.

Tutorials

In the remaining eight-week session, classes will be taught by Oxford faculty using the one-on-one Oxford tutorial format where students meet with their dons in small groups and follow an intensive study course of research and writing. In more popular classes such as 'Shakespeare', students may expect to meet in a small group of 2-3 with the professor, but most tutorials are individualized. The semester curriculum at Oxford is tailored to individual student needs, so that students can make progress toward graduation while studying abroad. This accounts for the multitude of different courses offered. Besides the courses listed here we are able to offer numerous other options drawing on the rich faculty resources of Oxford University. Please contact our office if you are considering participating on a semester program and would like to discuss the possibility of taking a course at Oxford not listed below.

Below is a list of tutorial courses offered regularly during the Spring and Fall Franklin Programs through UGA at Oxford. Please note that most classes offered at Oxford may be taken for Honors options.